I am an ex-Muslim with a seriously long axe to grind. I was born into a Muslim home. As the eldest child I was supposed to carry the religious ideals of the home, and before I knew how to say “Papa,” I was sent to a Quranic teacher who taught me how to read in Arabic and recite the Quran. I was also taught how to pray etc.

I live in Fiji, and we are a largely secular state where western education is widely taught and compulsory. Thank heavens for this fact, as I was also sent to a normal school.

By the time I was 13 years old, I was brainwashed into believing that the sun literally shined out of the butcher of Mecca (Mohammed’s) ass. I was an Imam by then and led about 50 grown men in prayer.

I was taught that Islam was “it,” and everyone else was either to be converted or to be seen as almost subhuman—this, despite the fact that Fiji Muslims are regarded as very moderate.

Fortunately for me, I have an inquiring mind, and, by the time I started high school, many questions regarding my faith started coming to mind. As I started earning for myself and moved away from the controls of my parents, these questions started bothering me more and more.

I eventually sat down and read the Quran in English to understand it better and its supporting Hadiths. By the end if it all, I was so pissed that I had wasted a significant part of my life believing in this load of crap. For the life of me, I could not understand how anyone in his or her right mind could follow, let alone treat someone like Mohammed as almost a demi-God.

Quite frankly, I was ashamed, and a part of me still is for being such a fool. I soon started researching religion, and it was not long before I found this website and many others like it, which helped to clear a lot of the questions that I had.

While I am not an atheist, as I do believe that there are too many unexplained phenomenons in this world to discount a creator, I will happily admit that I simply do not know. What I do know is that the sooner organized stupidity which some call religion is removed from this world, the better.

“There is nothing rational or peaceful about Islam, and anybody saying there is is deluded and in need of serious help.”

I do hold a particular disdain for the religion of Islam, as I believe that it is as evil as it gets. Islam is, as I like to put it, Christianity on steroids. There is nothing rational or peaceful about it, and anybody saying it is is deluded and in need of serious help.

—Reaaz Ali

(The above remarks have been edited for grammar and clarity. Testimonials from other ex-Muslims are welcome here. Emphasis added.)

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Thank you for sharing your story, sir! I completely understand when you say you still feel a little ashamed for believing in religious rubbish, because I hung onto Catholicism for an embarrassingly long time, and I still laugh at myself. I’m not sure we’ll ever lose our shame, my friend, but I think if we learn to smile and make up for past mistakes, we’ll bother be happier and more productive. High five!

It is frustrating to read yet another article on religion where the author does not even understand what an atheist is. Atheism is NOT discounting the possibility that a God exists. It is simply the position that theism has not met its burden of proof, and until it does the only position to take is non belief (not disbelief). The vast majority of atheists would agree with you that they do not “know” whether or not some sort of deity exists. I am one of those atheists, an agnostic atheist. Maybe what has happened is that you’ve spent so long among a religious community that you’ve fallen into the trap where theists attempt to paint atheists as holding their position on faith, just like them.

So, just to clarify, atheism is not the categorical denial that no gods exist, it is the position that theistic claims have not met their burden of proof and because of that we cannot accept them. This is how we should (and how most people do) deal with any extraordinary claims e encounter.

Thank your for your comments Bajeezus. You see the very essence of organized religion is the control of the mind. What angers me to this day is the way Islam or so called scholars of Islam do it. It is so complete that when they have you they usually have you for life. While all faiths do this, in Islam it is more pronounced and deliberate. Its been about 15 years into my journey to mental freedom and to this day i sometimes flinch when having a beer in public or eating say in a non halal restaurant.This is the extant the brainwashing goes to. I believe it takes an enormous amount of personal courage to break free of the shackles of Islam in particular and i salute those who have done it and also have gone public about it.

People like the primitive barbarians that IS members are understand only one language and that is that of the literal translation of the Quran. And they are right. Muslim and Christian apologists keep saying that it is the interpretation of these books that is wrong. What i don’t get is this. How do you interpret something else out of a verse that allows for the killing of an infidel or condones slavery etc. Remember these writings are believed to be the word of God. So in a despotic uncivilized brainwashed mind killing a non believer for instance means exactly that. Its just like the Mayans believed that removing a beating heart form a human being was pleasing the Gods. Its the same thing.The barbarism is diluted in the minds because they are doing it for God.

I believe more than any other religion Islam radical or not is the greatest threat to a civilized society and a civilized world. At a time when issues such as global warming etc is threatening to end human life completely we should not be debating let alone fighting over ideas contained in books written in the bronze age 1000’s of years ago. I interact with many Muslims some devout and others not so and what scares me is the fact that the doctrine of Islam is so ingrained into their brains that when push comes to shove most will side with the Jihadis even if they are ordinarily moderate. I do not agree that their are good Muslims i always say that their are good human beings who happen to be Muslims. I also find it quite distressing to see the civilized world taking the threat of IS and radical Islam lightly. Dropping a few bombs on them is not going to solve the problem. These guys cannot be reasoned with. n their warped ideology God is on their side and they are following his orders. You cannot have a conversation with people like that. The West needs to crush them with overwhelming military power its as simple as that.

My friend, you are an atheist. You may not know what to believe about our universe and world but if you don’t affirm the existence of a god(s), you are ‘atheist’: one who does not positively believe in god(s), and apparently anti-religion. Welcome to the uncertain dark side of trying to end the divisive make believe.

As one who went from Christianity to Islam and then to a free thought spiritualist (of sorts) I can really understand the dismay brother Ali has experienced and expressed. I joined the Nation of Islam in 1975 primarily for political reasons rather than religious reasons. Once Elijah Muhammad died the NOI made a painful transition to Sunni Islam. I was in the religion for eight years, before I began questioning some (most) of the rituals and the veracity of the revelations to the Prophet himself. I started studying Islam and religion in general with a renewed purpose as my faith began to waver considerably. I eventually left Islam and began to attend a Baptist church. My roots were in the Baptist church. I took classes in religion and began an in-depth study of the rise of Christianity and became even more disillusioned than ever. At first my biggest problem was with the doctrine of the Trinity, and Jesus being both Son and God in the flesh. But, as I researched the Bible and the development of the faith of Christianity I questioned the whole notion of a Supreme Being talking with Prophets in such a conversational manner as He apparently does throughout the Old Testament. I questioned the contradictions of a “loving God” who directs the slaughter of women and children as part of the journey to the Jewish state. I questioned the favorite nation (people status of the Jewish people as inconsistent with a loving God. Then when I saw the similarities between Christianity and pagan religions and Greek mythology, I was finished. I have come to realize that in order to believe in Christianity or Islam, you must give up on logic and reason and accept blind contradictory faith and corrupted doctrine. I can do neither.

I was raised catholic too and had always had questions, questions they couldn’t answer, and thankfully I am over the religion and all religious BS. It took me many years to finally overcome the “guilt” they instilled in me.

Yes, it is. A bunch of crap. I had questions as a child that they couldn’t answer either. I didn’t believe then and I don’t believe now, starting with the Adam and Eve fable. There may be a superior being, but it’s just not that story in the Bible. Man has been around a lot longer than the story in the Bible got going. It’s all about control of the masses.

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I’ve been exploring many spiritual awakenings for 25+ years, and lately came across this site of simple spirituality that is rare in today’s world. Look it over, plus YouTube videos of Matt Kahn, and you’ll be happy you did. http://www.truedivinenature.com

I think that all religions are complete utter rubbish for the people of the time way back I can understand they would know no difference at the present time I feel the human race has learned nothing now the time to change there is nothing to fear from fabled and mythical gods I am very much alive in my late fifties and intend going on a lot longer , yes there are things that we can not explain about our world and the universe and how it came about , but you need to bear in mind that we the human race are still very primitive on the scheme things and are still learning if we continue to keep on the way we are going believing in myths and fables then our progress as human beings will be hindered, we have to go forward and survive progress advancement of our skills and become a being worthy of our planet and of the universe there is so much to achieve, that said we may even stop killing each other. Now is the time to start before its too late

Having associated with many “new age” spiritually inclined people in S.F. over the years I know about the supernatural beliefs to which they cling. To whit: “I am not my body” “Form is emptiness, emptiness is form” “Without the teachings of ascended masters humans are asleep and the mind is unenlightened.” Now that science has discovered the structure of DNA and sequenced the human genome the facts behind the great mystery of life have been revealed. Its all done with proteins!
And this knowledge in no way diminishes an appropriate reverence for life and the natural world. Nay, it enhances that reverence.

I congratulate you! This is pure awesomeness! Good for you. As well as all those who’ve commented on their own realization of their misguided upbringing/faiths. This post makes the world seem more promising.

Islam is a perfect religion which provides solution to every problem and answer to every question. As the word ‘Islam’ means ‘peace’, it is effectively the religion of every human who likes peace. Peace within a human being, peace of mind, peace at home, peace in the society, and peace in the world. In other words Islam is a way of achieving peace by submitting to the Will of God.
Peace loving people welcomed and accepted Islam throughout the ages since the birth of Adam (peace be upon him). The modern laws of Islam were revealed from God (Allah) to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) by Angel Gabriel some 1420 years ago. People who like peace, equality, and honesty in the society always welcome Islam. The only people reject this message of peace from their Creator are the wrong-doers and mischief makers.
Today, more than one billion people around the globe practice Islam, not only as their religion, but also their way of life. One-fifth of the world population from all races, every origin and nationalities regardless of their athnicity, culture or language follow Islamic teachings. In America, an estimated 130,000 people are converting to Islam every year.
Blessed are those who accept Islam and become the folowers of a natural way of life. Allah’s has given human beings will-power and ability to think and differeciate between wrong and right, and His message is very clear about it: “This is the path of your Lord, a straight way. Indeed, We have detailed our Revelations for the people who think. For them is abode of peace with their Lord; He will be their protecting friend because of their good deeds.” [The Holy Qur’an, Surah 6:126-127]
Why People Embrace Islam?
People are converting to Islam for a number of reasons: mostly personal reasons, while others become Muslims also on the basis of cultural, social and spiritual characteristics of Islam. The followings are some key aspects that mainly draw many people, particularly Christians and Jews to Islamic Faith:
Conversion to Islam is relatively simple, involving only Shahada, the declaration of Faith: There is no God except Allah; Muhammad is Allah’s Final Messenger. People find it much easier than a lengthy process of religious education and series of formal rituals.
Islamic supreme authority is the Holy Qur’an – the speech of God. It is brief and to the point, yet holds detail of every subject related to the daily life on earth and beyond. Arabic being ever popular language, with translations available in most modern languages around the globe, the Qur’an is easy to read and straightforward to understand therefore, new comers find it simple to comprehend.
Islam’s Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) holds a paramount position in Islamic Faith. Yet he is not considered as a god, his place in Islam is rather of a man, a Messenger and a Servant of God. As a person, Muhammad was an incredible man, and people see in him a perfect example to follow.
Islam is monotheistic religion. It calls upon people to believe in one True God only. People are told in the Qur’an: “Say: He is Allah, He is One; The Self-Sufficient, The Eternal God; He begets not, nor was He begotten; There is none equal to Him.” [The Holy Qur’an, Surah 112:1-4]
The significance of Jesus for Muslims as a human and important place in Islam as a prophet of God rather than as a divine figure appeals to those who find the Christian concept of the Trinity too confusing to understand or too difficult to believe in.
Islam’s basic beliefs are relatively straightforward and easy to understand as well as to perform, compared with other religions fundamental precepts. For example the Five Pillars of Islam: Shahada, Obligatory Prayers, Fasting in the Month of Ramdan, Paying Zakat (Charity) to the poor and travelling to Makkah to Perform the Hajj; even the younger followers can comprehend them without any hardship or confusion.
Islam is the faith of equality and justice for all. God says in the Holy Qur’an: “O you who believe, stand firmly for justice, as witnesses before Allah, even if it be against yourselves, or your parents or your (close) relatives, and whether (it be against) rich or poor. God can best protect both. Do not follow the desires of your hearts, lest you swerve (from the truth) and if you distort your testimony or decline to do justice, verily Allah is fully aware of all that you do.” [The Qur’an, Surah 4:135]
Islam’s great civilization and rich history certainly has an attractive and intellectual appeal for many people. Converting to Islam means they also become part of the Muslim Ummah (nation).
Islam’s emphasis on the importance of family life and social value is one of the key aspects that attract men and women from various cultural backgrounds, particularly those serious in true and traditional family values and moral teachings.
Islam is not only a religion but also a complete way of life, where everything is detailed in the Qur’an very clearly, and further explaination is available through the Hadith and Sunnah (sayings, teachings and actions) of Prophet Muhammad’s (peace be upon him).
Many of the prophets and stories found in the Bible such as the creation of Adam and Eve, the story of Noah and the flood, the events in the life of Abraham and his sons, the Psalms of David and the kingdom of Solomon, the Exodus of Israelites from Egypt led by Moses, Jesus preaching the Injeel (Good News) to the world – are present in the Quran as well. Christians and Jews who convert to Islam often comment they are attracted to the faith partly because of its similarities to Christianity and Judaism in general.

What can I say to that? Nothing less than “cough cough bull shit cough cough”. You have stopped thinking, poor man. You have given up on your quest of finding the truth, and have settled for some unsupportable and unsubstantiated BS. You obviously have not read what Acharya S/D.M. Murdock has written. Read and learn. If you have closed your mind, you will be able to see the logic of her words.

I am a Muslim. I believe everything Islam says.It says Allah is the one and only higher being, and that Muhammad is his messenger, Jesus, Moses, Adam, are all his messengers. To put it straight forwardly Islam is entire against violence, and oppression. It says “to kill one person is as terrible as killing all of humanity”. And it rights to all people, men and women. No one can force Islam, or any part of Islam onto anyone else. If it is forced it is not agreeing with Islam its self. Unfortunately there are people in this world who cause violence in the name of religion, whether that be ISIS or the KKK. They are all against all religions, and are complete opposite representations of the bases of any religion. If you have any questions are Islam, feel free to ask me, in a humane manor with decent language. Being that I believe in Logic, and reason, I will only respond in such ways.

You obviously don’t believe in logic and reason because if you did you wouldn`t practice any religion at all. Religion is the complete opposite of logic. It involves faith. Faith is believing in something becuase you want it to be true as opposed to something actually being true.

Muhammad was : a desert robber, killer, womenizer, slaver, pedophile, illiterate bad person, real son of devil. Only fool can believe that God would send such an immoral person as his prophet. Those fools are named muslims. Poor backward people living in devil´s lie and thinking it is true.

This is a wonderful article …if we could as a diverse human race come to know this living light system as it truly is. That beings are not gods…..god as it is know the all powerful ONE …HAS NO LOWLY HUMAN EMOTIONS BUT KNOWS ALL EMOTIONS…..THANK YOU FOR THIS !!!!

I’m so happy I’ve found this site, It baffles me that in this day and age that people are still brainwashed by a couple of fairy tales that were made up when they thought the earth was flat, it’s amazing their God didn’t mention that

That is because you are SO ignorant and illiterate since you were “brainwashed”, as you admit, not taught. God knows where you got your “English Quran” from and what it fed you, and I really doubt if you’ve read it at all, because you don’t even cite one instance of what sounded so irrational to you.
Additionally, your insulting, foolish and uncultured attitude makes it clear where you really come from. In face of you blinding eyes, Islam continues to be the FASTEST growing religion across the world. So, actually, it is YOUR filthy butt that is stinking with lies that criminal, Islamophobic sites like this one encourage you and others to produce for ignorant people like yourselves. SO happy you left the beautiful, kind and ALL peaceful religion of Islam.

It will be a waste of time to try to convince you that the Qur’an is the source of discontent in many countries where Islam has spread. You will have to educate yourself by reading the thoughts of former Muslims who have been able to think themselves of the cage of indoctrination imposed upon their minds at a very early and impressionable time of their lives.

However, to assist your advancement in seeking the truth, it will be of benefit for you to read “Allah, We, Our and Us” and learn how young minds are indoctrinated and why Islam has successfully grown not through peace but by forceful means. This book, and “Obama, Islam and Benghazi” provides excerpts from the Qur’an to clearly show that the Qur’an advocates bigotry, hatred, violence and the killing of innocent people who believe in another religion or none at all.

I question the veracity of this article. A so called former Imam referring to Muhammad as the butcher of Mecca is suspicious. Academic scholars have stated that Muhammad was a statesman, leader and brought positive change. Ghandi spoke glowingly of the teachings of Muhammad. The problem is that arab nationalism became masked as Islam. What you see now is not what Muhammad practiced, but Arab culture. Islam died when Muhammad died, now it is simply a bad joke

He was a Fiji Muslim. Fiji muslims are of south asian descent.
South Asian Muslims are just the bastard by product of the Islamic invasions of India. They practice the religion of their slave masters. High time they learn that.

What ISIS is doing in Syria the Islamic invasions did that to India for a millennia.

I find it so amazing each time I read articles on islam and also on apostates, that motivates me to read through the quran the islamic scriptures.It strikes my mind any time I hear muslim apologetics say that islam is a religion of peace,to find out how this so called peace is gain, I then go straight to the quran to find out, then I found this instructions given by Allah to the muslims it says in Quran 2:216 “Jihad(holy fighting in God’s cause) is ordained for you (muslims) though you dislike it.But it is possible that you dislike a thing which is (good) for you,and like a thing which is bad for you.But God knows best,and you know not” from this quran verse its clear that islam as a way of life is rooted from war and violence as instructed by Allad and prescribed to the muslims by muhammad,that was why the religion was founded by force and imposed on non believers who where slaughter for resisting to believe in Allah and also those that apostasized(apostates) are attacked and killed,so where is the peace in it if action can speak for itself louder than the so called apologetics voices.Another quote taking from an apostate name Reeza Ali says. “I do not hold a particular disdain for the religion of islam,as I believe that it is as evil as it gets.Islam is I like to put it,Christianity on steroids.There is nothing rational or peaceful about it,and anybody saying it is is deluded and need of serious help” so where is the peace it claims.Take it or leave islam is the biggest lie and deception brought into humanity by the so called prophet of doom muhammad it is the only religion that killed millions of people in the name of their god Allah,the quran itself is base on lies and contradictions with somany of it scripts copied from the Jewish/Christian Bible which existed for thousands of years before the birth of muhammad and he suited it to his taste to confuse his followers,muhammad lied that he had a revelation from God who handed the quran to him in written form through angel Gabriel.I stand to say confidently that Allah is not the God of the Bible(Yaweh) because the Jewish/Christian God dosent make mistakes and contradicts Himself like Allah does.Another lie muslims say that muhammad is the greatest man ever created by God including the Man God (CHRIST JESUS.The fact is muhammad was full of sins which he killed,robbed,lied,raped women including a nine years old girl Aisha.He was killed of poisoning by a Jewish slave woman who he killed her husband and countlessly raped her and revenged, she prepared a roasted lamb thigh and poisoned it and gave him to eat and he ate without knowing that it was poisoned and died, and he is still buried in his grave in mecca awaiting judgement.The legacy he prescribed for his followers was to kill the(Kafirs) non believers. Unlike Christ Jesus who was prophesised in the Bible, far longer before His Birth and He later came through a miraculous birth by the spirit of God which no man had and will never have.Christ was sinless and righteous and He did the greatest works on earth more than any man had through His miracles, and above all He gave His Life as an ultimate sacrifice to bring salvation and cleanse man from sins by suffering,dying and risen from dead and He came back to His disciples and hundreds of other people who testify, and later ascended back to heaven to be with God untill He comes again in glory to judge the living and the dead including muhammad.So who is greater? Till this day muslims kept killing people in the name of Allah,they flee from their evil war turned nations to peaceful Chritians European countries were they are granted assylum and given a better hospitable life which they never had before,but in return for great gestures they start causing problems for their host nations, thereby demanding to built mosques and establishing sharia laws on lands that doesnt belong to them,because of democracies,human rights and liberties the found there, thereby utilizing the simplicities of their hosts for stupidities acting like sheep without shepherd,they want to dominate the entire world to establish shariah law,but muslims I have to tell that you are fooling yourselves the only place to find salvation is through Christ Jesus because muhammad and the so called abstract Allah he created are agents of the devil(shaitan).The only way of going to heaven is through Jesus take it or leave it,the scriptures says”I AM THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE NO ONE GOES TO THE FATHER(GOD)EXCEPT THROUGH ME” John 14:6 Come Lord Jesus Amen.

As our minds expand, organized religions become irrelevant. True we do not know many things about existence. But it would be foolish to fill that void with garbage from ceturies old literature. Find for yourself. Do you believe that a supra natural being that created this galaxy really cares if i had bacon for breakfast? Religion was created by men like u and me with all our hate, bigotry and occasionally love. If you want to waste ur life on bs be my guest. Dont shove it up on others.

Mr reass ali congrats for the wonderful article. But what i conclude after reading is that you are 100% fake and seem to be made up story. The reason I say this becuz in Islam one can not be Imam unless and until YOU attain puberty (u said u were leading prayer wen u were 13 That’s BS) and in Fiji they do not have system where they send u to religious school to learn b4 u go to regular school for general education.Therefore it seems this is all made up propaganda.

Not one single human being alive can prove there is a god and therefore all religions is a lie and religion only used to benefit greedy lustful goals of sick in the mind individuals.
There are name that use religion for good even though they know it’s fake but the intention is good so it’s forgivable but anyone using religion for selfish gain or to be worshiped or to enslave and or kill all others that don’t agree to that religions should be put to death and I am talking about Islamic terrororists specifically or anyone that follows their sadistic religion of death.

I just read a story from Pakistan about a Muslim Christian sentenced to death for blasphemy all because of a glass of water. Her culture was ridiculed and when she questioned that what did prohet muhammed do for them, she was beaten and later arrested and was sentenced to death by hanging. This shows the nature of Islam. Even thought muslims claim Islam means peace the religion is not. Just by naming a religion peace does not make it peaceful. sorry to say this but Islam is a horrible religion where child marriage is justified, where women have no right at all, where being abused whether physically or sexually means nothing.
I not only question islam but all the other cultures ad well. I’m a hindu and i question my culture too. But compared to all the religions i think hindu is by far a better religion. If it werent for hinduism i would have questioned the existence of god itself. When i read about Islam I sometimes wonder if Allah truly exists, if prohet muhammed was truly a messenger of god and not some crazy old psychotic lunatic who hates women and is a pedophile. The rules and restrictions are outrageous. at times I pity muslim borns who have to live a life with no freedom of speech, no opinions, not able to dress as desired etc. Yet the Muslims in fiji are far better then the Muslims in other countries.

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